When I started autocrossing in a Z-car over 30 years ago, recaps were the
hot thing to have. A company here in SoCal did them for about $100 for 4
tires. You went to their place and tried to pick out at least two sets of
two that were on the same carcas and were the same height. Don't know what
the compound was, just that they were stickier that stock, had a decent life
and were cheap. And I don't remember anybody having a failure.
Rick Brown
BM / D Sports Racer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocky Entriken" <rocky@tri.net>
To: "Paul Zahornasky" <p.zahornasky@att.net>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: Recaps
> My impression is that Paul's guess #1 is basically it.
>
> The recap rule has been around ever since the rulebook was a stone tablet.
>
> It did not exist everywhere. I seem to recall a race team in the '70s
(IMSA
> Camel GT?) that ran on, and was sponsored by, Bandag recaps.
>
> Guess #2 is probably still a valid reason, but how many people have access
> not only to a recap machine (not all that hard) but also the materials to
> create a gooey cap (much harder). It would about have to be a manufacturer
> (a la Bandag), and what good would it do them to sneak their sticky recaps
> onto a Hoosier or BFG carcass? If they cannot market their product, why
> bother?
>
> --Rocky
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